Refrigerating and tapping box.



No. 681,056.` l Patented Aug. 20, |9131..V .1. mn, 1n.

REFRIGEHATING AND TAPPIYNG ,sox.

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'JOSEPH IEE, JE., oE CLEVELAND, onro.

REFRIGERATING AND TAPPING Box.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent NO. 681,056, dated August 20, 1901.

Application led February 18, 1901. Serial No. 47,729. (No model.)

Beit known thatLJOsEPH IRR, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Refrigerating and Tapping Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a very simple, efficient, and compact refrigerating-box for the reception of a beerkeg and for the convenient tapping of the same. In order that the beer-faucet may be conveniently operated, it must be at a fairly well defined height above the floor, while for the necessary connections to be conveniently made to the tapping-tube it must project a certain distance above the top of the beerkeg. The result is that with an ordinary construction of cabinet to allow room for the insertion of a keg with the tap-tube would require the faucet to be placed at an inconvenient height, 'wherefore the best that has and tapping of the keg.

lall arranged in one compartment. There may be as many of these compartments lat- 'erally as desired. Where there is more than one compartment, the faucets may be pro` vided in but one of them and properly connected with the others.

The drawings clearlydisclose myinvention. Figure l is a perspective view of a single compartment involving myinvention. Fig. 2 Fig. 3 is a sectional plan thereof, 'and Fig. 4 a perspecis a vertical section of the same.

tive view of the drip-pan removed.

Referring to the parts by letters, A repre- 1 At its front this cabinet has an opening (closed by a door a) of suflicient dimension to allow the insertion of a keg on end. The sides of the cabinet are designated ct' a2, which sides may Il sents the body of the cabinet.

be solid, or where more than one compartment is used may be' simply partitions, or largely dispensed with, being simply crossbraces. The back of the cabinet is designat ed a3 and the top a4. Vertically beneath the top extending down a short distance is the faucet-board a5. Beneath this board is a vertical open space as, and in front is a horizontal open space a?, these open spaces in use being covered by the drip-pan B.

C represents the keg, and D the bung and D the tap-tube, which are inserted thereinto. As Willbe observed, this tap-tube extends a considerable distance above the keg, too far for the keg with it in place to be inserted through the door a.. After the keg is so inserted, however, under the cross-bar 0.8 and standing beneath the open space 0.7 the bung and tap-tube are put in place and then the keg is shoved back home, the tap-tube passing through the open space a6 and pro jecting upward into the ice-compartment of. In this compartment it is connected with the end of the cooling-pipe E, which leads to the faucet F, An ice-pan G is suitably supported beneath the cooling-pipe.

H represents the beer-pump, and .I the pipe communicating therefrom to the keg. When the drip-pan is removed, as stated, the keg may be tapped and shoved into place and the proper connections made, and the ice I may be putin place through the opening a6. Thereafter the drip-pan is returned and the cabinet is closed.

The drip-pan, which is of the form shown in Fig. 4, may be made, for example, of polished copper. In shape it has a vertical back plate b, a curvedy concave bottom b', and a convex front edge b2, adapted to extend over the edge of the beam as. At its ends this pan is provided with the vertical splashplates b5, which lie against the sides of the cabinet, and the pan rests on cleats a. The plate b is backed by a heat-insulating board b4 of slightly less size to allow a rabbeted edge. The removability of this pan is itself a convenience for cleaning, cinc.; but its primary purpose is to allow an open space whereby the long tap-tube may be inserted, and then the keg with it projecting may be passed back into its final position, as explained.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A cabinet having a lateral opening for the insertion of the receptacle to be tapped, a faucet-support at a proper elevation, an

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such opening, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a cabinet having a lateral opening for the insertion of a beer-` keg, a faucet-support at a proper elevation, there being a vertical opening beneath said faucet-support, and a connecting horizontal opening in front of said vertical opening,l

whereby the keg may be inserted through the lateral opening into the cabinet and the taptube inserted when the keg is beneath the horizontal opening and then the keg may be shoved into place, the tap-tube passing through the Vertical opening, and a removable drip-pan for covering said vertical and horizontal openings, substantially as described.

3. A cabinet having a lateral opening for the insertion of a beer-keg, a Vertical faucetboard held at proper elevation, there being a vertical opening directly beneath said faucetboard yand a horizontalopening into the base of the cabinet connecting therewith, and there being a compartment at the rear of said vertical openingfor the reception of the cooling-pipes, zc., combined with a removable drip-pan adapted to .cover said vertical and horizontal openings which pan comprises a dish-like receptacle having a vertical plate rising from `the back thereof, and vertical plates at the ends, said back plate adapted to cover the vertical opening anda the end plates adapted to engage the end walls or partitions of the cabinet, substantially as described.

4. A cabinet having a lower space for the reception of a beer-keg, a door leading thereinto, a horizontal member of the cabinet crossing just above said door and defining the door-opening, a vertical faucet-board'supported at the rear and above said door and.

in front of the back of the cabinet whereby an ice-compartment is provided, there being a vertical opening beneath the faucet-.board leading into said ice-compartment, anda horizontal opening leading into the kegcompartment, said two openings connecting,combined with `a `removable drip-pan adapted to cover said vertical and horizontal openings', a faucet supported byvsaid faucet-board, a coolingpipe connected therewith, and an ice-pan in the compartment behind the same, the removal of said dri p-pan allowing the insertion of the tapped keg and also the insertion of the cooling-ice, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH IRR, JR.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BATES, WM. S. DECKER. 

